@monydad, my D is having too much fun to complain - It’s only me that’s upset, probably since I’m paying the bills :). The suites I was referring to are in the new West Campus buildings. My D will be in one of the “gothics” which is sorely in need of renovation, yet costs the same as rooms in the new buildings.
On the issue of transfer housing, I saw on another thread that Cornell is over-booked for transfers and may be putting them in temporary housing until rooms open up. Something about “quintuples” in the first-year dorms. Yikes.